School: An Mhainistir, Cara Droma Ruisc (roll number 14770)
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Bráthair Eoghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 191
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- There was a man once and hearing all the people talking about all the fairies that were riding about Sheemore, and he went to the caves on an early morning. He shouted in "Get me a steed I am fond of riding in the saddle." Out came one of the fairies and said," All night we will get you a steed, but there will be conditions in it. This day five years you will be taken over for torture and in the meantime you will get all the luxuries and enchantment you want. Well you will get one chance of getting out of that. That is the word Tremion and as soon as you will forget the word Tremion you will see proof of what I told you. You will see the old hags of fairies on every(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Joe Mc Queeny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromore, Co. Leitrim
